At 05:48 PM 7/1/00 EDT, CCarnivale@aol.com wrote: <snip> >If there are any Basham researchers out there...I have a >file I put together on the "BASHAMS In the Early Tenn Tax Lists", that gives >mine and some other researchers "accumulated knowledge" and guesses of who >these Bashams were and where they ended up. Its not finished and may not be >correct and I would like your opinions and additions. E-mail me if you would >like it and I will send you the attachment. <snip> Carleen Carnival brought up a good Lawrence County, TN name (BASSHAM/BASHAM). This is not a direct line for me, but I have a few "loose ends" in my data base. Maybe some of you Lawrence County researchers can time some of these folks to each other. America V. C. BASSHAM was born circa 1831 (source - 1860 Lawrence County, TN census). She married Daniel WHITE on 23 Dec 1850 (source - Lawrence County marriage records). Then she married Robert W. APPLETON on 15 Feb 1860 (source - Lawrence County marriage records). Questions: Who were her parents? Who was Robert Appleton's first wife? When/where was Daniel Jefferson White born/died - and who were his parents? Evelyn (Elvia) BASSHAM was born 17 Jan 1872 and died 2 Nov 1927 (source - tombstone at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Lawrence County). She was listed as Elva on the 1920 Lawrence County census. She married Gillard Bartenous McMASTERS on 4 Jan 1893 (source - Lawrence County marriage records). Question: Who were her parents? Incidentally, Gillard Bartenous McMASTERS was the son of John McMASTERS and Mary Elizabeth BASSHAM. This Mary Elizabeth was born 29 Nov 1844 and died 4 Aug 1906 (source - tombstone at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Lawrence County). Questions: Who were her parents? And how was she related to her son's wife? Fields E. BASSHAM married Eunice J. McMASTERS on 21 Mar 1897 (source - Lawrence County marraige records). Questions: Who were his parents? Where/when was he born? When did he die? Where is he buried? Did they have children? Josephine BASSHAM is said to have married William Allen SCHOLES about 1868 (no source). Questions: Who were her parents? When/where was she born/died? Did they have children in addition to Lou Ella Scholes? When/where did she marry? Who was the Mildren BASSHAM who married Cecil WILLIAMS? Who were the parents of Nancy BASSHAM who married John H. McMASTERS? When and where was she born? When did she die, and where is she buried? Also, who were the parents of Sarah D. BASSHAM who married Hiram APPLETON on 22 Sep 1842 (source - Lawrence County marriage records)? When and where was she born? When did she die, and where is she buried? And to my sister: where was the Bassham Place our parents mention? Pat Patricia Hillhouse Motes motesp@hiwaay.net Lawrence County, TN